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^ Career^ a man of mean ftature, rather fomewhat ^ ^ thick and (hort then otherwife, his face of indlffe- ^ ^ rent fulnefs, of whitifh complexios, (hoi t teeth ^ and crooked ^ growing one over another 5 (hort arms *, iVill and clo(e of nature , and will keep things fecret. The woman a Virgin , or at the leaft chaftc of body, of like corporatiire and complexion of the ir.an.
^ Cauda Vraconis^ a man of a mean ftature, full ^ faced/ittle head, and yellow, high coloured, with * an ill fierce look, arrogant and proud ^ luxurious, ^ ^ vagabond and envious, a quarelfome perfon^given to all kinde of wickednefs. The woman of like complexi- on, qualities and conditions, corrupted a?nd lecherous, and given to all kind of wickednefs.
And thus by the Figures and Idea's and Rulers, you may defcribe any perfon.
Now ifthe twelfth afftlft the Afcendent or firft Houfe, and move into the fourth, or the natural Ruler andl- dea of the fourth into the twelfth, and by D or cf af. fliftjd^c, the Father of the Querent is his Enemie. If the fifth, his Children (if he have any) or fome Meflen- ger or Ale-houfe-keeper, Inne- keeper ,Vintner,or keeper of a Play-houfe, c>c. will prove his private prejudicers. If theiixth bean ill Figure, and of a Nature and Ele- ment contrary to the firfl:, and in D or cf to the (ir% from ill places of the Figure, an llnkle will maligne him*' If the fevcnth Houfe, &c. the Wife or Partner (hall- prove fecretly mifchievous unto him, &fcde Csteris^ you (hall finde the perfon (ignified by that Houfe wheret the Dragons Tail is projected, to be malicious and pre- judicial to the Querent, chiefly if the Natural (ignifiT. cator, or Co-fignificator of theHoufe, projeft their Fir gure or Figures in fuch places where the Afccndea^©© firftFig^ureisaftli^edai; the fame tirae* o >
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III.
Of a Frifoner or Captive^ whm may be he freed ?
A Moveable Figure in the firft, denotes freedom from imprifoiiment in a fhort time 5 if it move in- to the third or ninth, it argues a releafe from imprifon- ment in a (hort time.
If the firft (hall be a better Figure then the twelfth, and be in :if or A to the Figures of Hifmacl or Kedemely you may then judge the Prifdner or Ca{)tive cannot remain long in the Prifon where he is , but will be re« leafed.
The Afcendent or Figure in the fourth, fixth, eighth or twelfth Houfe, affli^ledby the Dor cPofthe infor- tunes, Zazel or Barzabel^ the perfon in prifon v^W not be difcharged in a long time ; and if the ill Fi- gure be in the eighthj and afflift the firft> he will die in prifon.
A fixed Figure in the firft^portends along and tedious imprifonment: A common,the affli£kion will not be long; if moveable, 'twill be very (hort : If the firft Figure be Cadent from his Houfe or exaltation, it prefages long imprifonment : If the Idea be incorporated into an ill Figure of the hour, in which the Prifoner was taken^ and that Figure be unfortunate in an ill Houfe, and go- verned by either of the infortunate Rulers ; it declares a tedious imprifonment, and very long captivity : But if it (hall be a Fortune, the imprifonment cannot be long, ...
Theonely way for the difcovery of the time in which aPrifoneror Captive (hall bereleafed, is by obferving thcFigUres of numbers, the Figures of hours, days, weeks , months or years ; the moveable Ideas, the comnaon and fixed, as we have taught before in feveral
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places j you may meafiire the time as you finde the Fi- gures according to the inftruftlon, how long the party (hall continue in priTon 3 and when he (hall be re- leafed.
When you have learned this Art, thank God, and ufeit, as, no doubt you will, to do good to other good men: If any revile as, they are fafe enough, becaufe the(e things are hid and unknown to the World ; and fome delight to rail at all they do not underftand: Therefore v^e took in hand this hard dangerous labour, which all other of our Anceftors haverefufed, becaufe they might be afhamed of their wrongful flandring of Sir Cbrifiopher Heydon and others : And the wife and well difpofed fee and take profit by the Truth of fo great a blefling.
Now if we have flipt in words or truth of matter, let them, think how common it is among men, and weigh the good and bad together ; or elfe Zoroafter himftlf, when he flips now and then, could never efcape it : (and yet he was in an eafie matter, Man may fain for ever ) And had Eugenius Philalethes^ and Jacoh Bebmen , we think before him. : but you fee the Spiri- tual , Celeftial and Elemental quality of the Matter. Although my Pattern you do not fee, becaufe it is not to my knowledge in the world to be feen : But what care we > the Peers of England^znd thofe Noble men whomwedefiretoferve and benefit, will take all things in good part , and then the reft we pafTed by bng fince unregarded.
And now to compleat our whole workj ob- ferve (thefe Deviatioos as underwits may fup- pofe them) this difcourfe is as it were a Pillar
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of Lighc to I he iemple of PFifdom, and our both Harmon-j o\ the fVorld^ and Hoij Guide.
CHAP. XXI.
Jiow men receive Qualifuatior.s {row the Stars. Planets aud Ar^gels : A,.d how we m,.j haze the So- ciety cf a Gemus: And hor, to put it mtofume- thtr:-g, tkat tnltamly mil receive thrfiL:i,eave^Ji gifts jor us. ' ^
TN thefirfl: place, erefta Figure, when the Lord of
^v, • -^ "*'*P°'^^'"^"''" hisHoufe, Exaltation, Tnphctty Termor Face, Oriental in the Scheie, and let the Lord of the AJce?!dent be fortunately confti- nited ,n the face of the Sign that ^fimds Direft, free from combuftion and ^^.-.-Beams: The Planets are alfo powerful in the So. il>\Angk, and in the /^^A f dignified as .n the ^fiendem or E need that tney be not in Conjunfiion, Square or OtpoCnion ofthe two Malevolent ?W,., Saturn and m///, and m none of thofe degrees are called Deep, Lame, Pit- ted; and the tig'Tes of Ceomancy muft be fo fortu- nate. If on muft obfervein very Figure of Aflrolode, that the Eaft, South and ^'^/M^g/e/ be very fortunate tn every work : You muft alfo make fortunate the Afi cendent and his Lerd, the Sun, Moon and Part of Fortune. and the Lord thereof, the Lord of the foregoing Co»! juniiion and prevention.
If the evil Plamtsm unfortunate,un!efsthey be hap- pily advantagious fignificators of the work; or if in a Nativity or Rtvoluti^n, they had the pre-
dominancy